ZIP is a recurring clothing store chain first introduced in Grand Theft Auto III. Whilst most of its depictions in the series are cosmetic, Zip serves as an interactive clothing chain in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Description
Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
The Zip brand is commonly associated with consumerism in the series, prominently featured in both Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on shopping bags carried by certain pedestrians in the commercial districts of Newport and Belleville Park in Staunton Island, Liberty City; Zip boxes may also be found in the rear compartment of certain Landstalkers, implying the vehicle is used to transport Zip merchandise. One location exists in-game in Belleville Park in both games, although it is inaccessible. Several Zip ads also appear at The Shopping Mall.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Manhunt, the GASH clothing brand (sharing the same logo design as Zip) is advertised throughout Vice City and Carcer City, respectively. In the former title, it appears as a competitor to Zip, also advertised in-game.
Zip logos are visible on Benson courier vans and Hotring Racers in the game.
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Zip serves as a chain of interactive clothing stores in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, unlocked upon completion of "Are You Going to San Fierro?"; the outlet serves as a mid-range clothing retailer ranked between Binco and Sub Urban, and ProLaps, Victim and Didier Sachs, selling clothes priced moderately. The chain boasts a total of four outlets all over San Andreas.
In addition, an eight-storey building in King's, San Fierro, features scaffolding with banners that sport the Zip logo and an announcement that the building would house a Zip outlet.
Clothing Availability
Clothing on offer from Zip primarily consist of mid-range casualwear that are not primarily suited for use among gang members, as nearly all of the clothing lack the green gang colors of the Grove Street Families, as opposed to those found in Binco and Sub Urban. However, a few generic clothing from Zip (T-shirts and hoodies) are in fact re-colors of clothing seen in other stores, and Zip is also the only clothing store that offers rugged street or hiking boots.
- For a comprehensive list of clothing available from Zip in GTA San Andreas, see /Clothing in GTA San Andreas.
Influence
ZIP is inspired by on clothing retailer Gap, as evidenced by its logo design. ZIP's given background in the official manual alludes to Gap's real history, a clothing chain originating from San Francisco, California.
Locations
Grand Theft Auto III
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Gallery
Beta Content
The original interior of the TW@ internet café from Grand Theft Auto III was intended to be repurposed for a ZIP clothing store in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, rather than the same business in a construction state. The only mentions of the ZIP store is in the leftover GXT entries for a debug menu and its related coordinates.[1]
Trivia
- Zip was originally meant to be available sometime before unlocking San Fierro, as seen in this screenshot of CJ wearing a plaid shirt and hiking boots while performing "Are You Going to San Fierro?".
- The Blue Hoody was originally part of CJ's beta outfit. It can still be seen in The Introduction.
- Zip appears to specialise in khaki clothing, with a store in San Fierro claiming to have "five more floors of khakis". The Zip store under construction in King's has signs with the motto 'With six more floors of khakis'. However, the final two letters of the word "khakis" are smeared out with concrete, creating the word "khak".
- While Gap may indirectly refer to the female vulva, the term Zip is believed to be an impression of a zipped vulva.
- Gash, however, is slang for vagina. It also means a large, gaping wound.
- There is a deteriorated billboard for Gap[ref?] in Hepburn Heights in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories that appears to have been covered up with an advertisement for Sunshine Shine, which is ripped to show the previous Zip advertisement. It is possible to see the two torsos of two people under the ripped advertisement. Upon further analysis, they appear to be taken from Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
- One of the torsos appears to be that of Michelle Cannes, one of Carl Johnson's girlfriends, from the latter game.[ref?]
References
- ↑ Text data(04/05/2025)
\TEXT\ENGLISH.GXT[BV_23] ROW:27 - Staunton. Zip store.